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Running Head: FINANCE

Week 3: Apple Inc.

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Market Factors Apple Inc.

Interest Rates Interest rate of Apple Inc. decreased from 2019 to

2022 from 3.2% to 2.2% due to slow down in the
consumer spending. In the last fiscal year, Apple
Inc. got low sales due to reduction in the spending
and high inflation which decreased the ratio of
interest rates (Movement, n.d).

Policy Change There has been major change in the monetary

policies in the year 2022 which affected the dollar
value. The continuous change in the dollar value
created major wariness in the market. The policy
change created persistent high inflation that affected
the purchasing power of people and dramatically
decreased market value of Apple (McGee, 2023)

High inflation and slow global In the fiscal year 2022, the economic environment
economy was very different as the pandemic hit the global
economy and resulted high inflation. The slow
market and ongoing pandemic discouraged the
buyers. But Apple Inc. came up with innovative
ideas and increased the revenue by 7.8% in the year
2022 (Pizio, 2022).
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References

Movement. (n.d.). Fed Not Backing Down On Monetary Policy And Investors React To Apple

Releases: Forbes AI Newsletter - September 10th. Forbes. Retrieved March 24, 2023,

from https://www.forbes.com/sites/qai/2022/09/14/fed-not-backing-down-on-monetary-

policy-and-investors-react-to-apple-releases-forbes-ai-newsletterseptember-10th/?

sh=508450abd0a4

Pizio, A. D. (2022, November 3). Apple Stock Is Outperforming in a Down Market. Is It Time to

Buy? The Motley Fool. https://www.fool.com/investing/2022/11/03/apple-stock-

outperforming-down-market-time-buy/

‌McGee, P. (2023, January 3). Apple’s market value falls below $2tn as tech rout hits iPhone

maker. Financial Times. https://www.ft.com/content/a54a0562-0e9d-468b-b50c-

1a80c1b58a4f